Differentiating farmers: Opening the black box of private farming in post-Soviet states

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-276

  Sutherland, Lee Ann ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulgarian agriculture; Farming styles; Farming typologies; Post Soviet agrarian change; Russian agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955774282     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-009-9212-y     Document Type: Article

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